With a pearly luster

  

A quick shot of a fun sea squirt, Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis.  One description says this species has a "pearly luster," which seemed right to me.  

Photograph from the South Jetty in Bodega Harbor on 24 July 2024.  Good spotting, Eric!

Bound together

 

 

Yellow social tunicate (Perophora annectens) photographed in the low intertidal zone on 29 May 2021.  Although it's hard to tell, all of these zooids (each yellow blob) is connected via a stolon or runner that extends across the substrate.  The smallest zooids in this photo are new buds that arise from the stolon. 

A clam, a sea squirt, and a snail

Well, I didn't get a chance to take any photos today, so I browsed through photos from the last month or so (from various locations) and picked a few that caught my eye.  I hope they brighten your day!

 

Juvenile Pacific Razor Clam (Siliqua patula)

 

A golden colonial tunicate (sea squirt), Pycnoclavella stanleyi 

 

Red Turban Snail (Pomaulax gibberosus) with coralline algae

P.S.  What did the clam say when the sea squirt and the snail walked into the bar?  "Sorry, I'm just about to close up for the night."  :)

Tickling the tunicates

 

I was working on a backlog of photo organization tonight, so here's an image from August 2019.  The striped peanut worm (Phascolosoma agassizii) has extended its introvert and is searching for food particles with its short tentacles.  The yellowish-green animals are tunicates or sea squirts (Perophora annectens).

Dense little clubs

 

Pycnoclavella is one of my favorite tunicates (sea squirts).  This photo gives you a feel for how it grows in dense colonies.  (But remember, each one is only a few millimeters high!)

I first introduced this species ~6 years ago, so for more information, see the post called "The tiny tunicate, Pycnoclavella" on 17 February 2012.

P.S.   I think Pycnoclavella means "dense little clubs."  It's an appropriate name!